Fender for furniture



I (No Model.) D. G. PEOK & F. L. GAYLORD.

FENDER FOR. FURNITURE.

No. 290,466. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DON C. PECK AND FREDERICK L. GAYLORD, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

FENDER FOR FURNFI'URE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,466, dated December18, 1883.

' Application filed September 10, 1883. (NomodeL) To aZZ whom, it mayconcern:

Be it known that we, Don C. PEoK and FREDERICK L. GAYLORD, of Ansonia,in the county of New Haven and State of Connectiout, have invented newImprovements in Fenders for Furniture; and we do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and theletters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a vertical central section Fig. 2, the base detached; Fig. 3,the ring detached; Fig. 4., the plate detached; Fig. 5, the cushiondetached.

This invention relates to an improvement in attachments for furnitureand other articles to prevent their injurious contact with the Walls ofan apartment, and such as are made in the form of a cushion, withprovision for securing it to its proper position, the object being asimple, cheap, and serviceable construction; and the invention consistsin the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularlyrecited in the claim.

In horizontal section the article may be of any desirable shape,preferably round.

A is the base or foundation for the fender, and consists of a block ofwood having its upper and lower surfaces substantially flat, andcorresponding in its extreme outline to the desired shape of thefender.'

B is the cushion, which may be of any soft material, and is placed uponthe upper side of the base A.

O is a plate struck from sheet metal, its edge struck intoinverted-U-shaped form, as at a, Fig. 3. To this plate the screw 1) iscentrally fixed, said screw to serve the purpose of attaching thefender. The base A is recessed at its lower edge to set within theflange a of the plate 0, the outer portion of the flange a forming acontinuation of the surface of the base A. The base, plate, and cushionbein set together, as seenin Fig. 1, the covering D, made from fabric orother suitable material, is placed over the parts thus set together, itsedge turned into the groove of the U-shaped flange a. Then into thegroove of this flange, and against the turned-in edge of the covering, aring, E, is driven. This ring is of a diamter corresponding,substantially, to the interior of the U-shaped flange, and so thatdriven therein, as seen in Fig. 1, it grasps the covering between it andthe flange, so as to securely retain it in place, and the article iscomplete.

We are aware that fenders presenting aspherical-shaped cushioned surfacehave been made, and that such have been covered with a fabric orequivalent material, the said material closed onto the back, after themanner of making buttons. We therefore do not claim, broadly, such afender, the essential feature of our invention being the U-shaped flangea on the back, and the ring E, introduced therein to secure thecovering.

We claim The herein-described fender, consisting of the base A, cushionB, metal disk 0, constructed with the inverted-U-shaped flange a, thecovering D, placed over the cushion, base, and flange, its edge turnedwithin the flange, and the ring E, forced into the groove of the flangeagainst the covering, the Whole constructed and combined substantiallyas described.

DON O. PEGK. FREDK. L. GAYLORD. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. HAWLEY, CHAS. F. KUOH.

